Welcome to the DC Comics Art Academy, a series of art tutorials recorded at Comic-Cons featuring many of the gifted and unique artists working for DC today. In today's installment, Silencer artist and comic book legend John Romita, Jr. sketches Batman while discussing how a character's silhouette can really make him or her stand out, shares a bit about drawing action, and reveals how he discovered that Batman is the best character in comics.

Now that you’ve made it through both DARK DAYS: THE FORGE and DARK DAYS: THE CASTING, it’s time to really start digging into the nitty-gritty before the event itself, DARK NIGHTS: METAL, explodes across the DC Universe this summer.